Clock.



H. W. HICKS.

CLOCK.

UNI; 16, 1911. RENEWED NOV. 28, 1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED .1

Witnesses Inventor a I V I Aftorneys IhbNOR'R/S PETERS 60.. FHDTOLITHO..WASHINGTON. D. 4..

H. W. HICKS.

CLOCK. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 16 ,1911. RENEWED NOV. 28,1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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Inventor Witnesses I by Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRISON W. HICKS, OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE; HUNTINGTONSPECIALTY COMPANY. OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CLOCK.

Application filed June 16, 1911, Serial No. 633,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON W. HIoKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alexandria, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Clock, of which the following is aspecific ation.

This invention relates to improvements in clocks, the primary object ofthe invention being the provision of a clock the hour hand of which iscontrolled through the medium of the minute hand, the said minute handbeing operated through the means of a watch movement mounted in one endthereof and provided with a counter balancing pendulum or pendant, whichis controlled by the movement of the watch, so as to rotate the minutehand, and consequently operate the hour hand.

A further object of the invention is the provision of what is termed amysterious clock, that is a clock in which the operating mechanismthereof, is so hidden that apparently the only objects in view, are thedial plate, hour hand and minute hand.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clock constructedaccording to and embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection through the same with the shaft or support carrying the minutehand and hour hand in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation ofthe lower portion and center of the minute hand taken from the rear andshowing the clock mechanism. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the main arborremoved.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the dial of theclock, which in this instance is a sheet of transparent material, suchfor instance as glass, and mounted in the front portion thereof is aconcave disk 2, provided with an. opening for the reception of a sleeve3, which is provided with a cylindrical socket therethrough and with aset screw 4, for the immovable reception of the Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Renewed November 28, 1913. Serial No. 508,800.

flat end of the arbor or shaft A, thus formmg a support for the elementsof the clock. This shaft has secured to'its outer end a locking sleeve 5by means of the set screw 8, the sleeve 7 being rotatably mounted uponthe smooth portion a of the arbor or shaft A, so that the same mayrotate thereon.

Carried by and rotatable with the sleeve 7 is the minute hand 8 of theclock, and formed integral upon the rear end of the sleeve 7 is a. smallpinion 9, connected at all times with the large pinion 10, carried bythe shaft 11, which is journaled in the depending bracket 12 securedupon the squared portion of the shaft A. The shaft 11 also has mountedthereon the small pinion 13, which is connected at all times with thelarge pinion 14, keyed upon the forward end of the sleeve 15, carryingthe hour hand 16. This sleeve 15 is rotatably mounted upon the longportion 15' secured to and carried by the shaft or support A.

The lower end of the minute hand is provided with the crescent shapedportion 17 which has provided upon its inner face the aperture oropening 18, whose center is in a direct line with the center of the axisof the minute hand, and in which is adapted to removably fit the watchmovement 19, whose hour hand arbor 20, is connected to the sleeve 21 ofthe rod 23, by means of the set screw 22. Carried upon the lower orextreme end of the arm or rod 23 is a counter balance or weight 24,which in this case is shown in the form of a ball or sphere, but whichhowever may be made in a flat disk shape if so desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings itis evident that a clock, which apparently has no actuating mechanism, isprovided, the said actuating mechanism being a watch movement in thelower short end or non-pointing ment and the weight allowed to maintainits VThe herein described mysterious clock,

having a dial, a concaved disk carried by the dial, a sleeve disposedconcentrically of the disk, a rod having a plurality of varyingdiametered portions detachably connected and supported bysaid sleeve, anhour hand, an hour hand sleeve arbor carried upon one portion of saidrod and carrying the hour hand, a bracket depending from theintermediate portion of the rod, a minute hand, a sleeve carrying theminute hand rotatably mounted upon the end portion of the rod, a gearcarried by said latter sleeve, a shaft journaled in the bracket, tvvogears one upon each end of said shaft, and upon each side of thebracket, one of said gears being in mesh with the gear of the minutehand sleeve, and a gear upon the hour hand sleeve and in mesh at alltimes With the other gear of the shaft, and a Watch movement having aWeight attached to its hour hand arbor, dis posed in the non-pointingend of the minute hand to cause the rotation of the minute hand and theactuation of the hour hand. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRISON l/V. HICKS. Witnesses ALVA 0. Ion, B. H. BALL.

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